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Kitchen Chemists · OSHC · Week 3

Supertaster survey

Materials checklist

  • Lemon, sugar, salt, dark chocolate samples
  • Cotton buds
  • Graph paper
  • Stickers

Step by step

  1. Explain four main tastes.
  2. Taste each sample on a cotton bud.
  3. Vote on favourites with stickers.
  4. Graph and discuss results.

Look for & extend

  • • Notice graph interpretation — extend with a survey of families.
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Kitchen Chemists · OSHC · Week 3

Cut out along the dashed lines and laminate.

Supertaster survey

Can you taste it without seeing it?

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Supertaster survey

What does this smell remind you of?

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Supertaster survey

Which taste is your tongue most sensitive to?

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Supertaster survey

Notice graph interpretation — extend with a survey of families.

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Kitchen Chemists · OSHC · Week 3

Observation record — Supertaster survey

Child / group:
Date:
Educator:

What I saw and heard (child's voice)

Learning I noticed (outcomes)

Where to next / how I'll extend

Outcomes this week: 3.2 · 5.1 · QA1